Algernon Blackwood’s Ghost Stories (BBC Radio 4)

2006-07-31 The Willows

Two travelers camped in the wilderness encounter malevolent forces beyond their understanding. Abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Read by Hugh Ross

2006-08-01 The Empty House

An aunt and her nephew attempt to spend the night in a haunted house. Abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Read by Hugh Ross

2006-08-02 Ancient Sorceries

An Englishman staying in a sleepy French town makes a terrifying discovery about the town and its inhabitants. Abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Read by Hugh Ross

2006-08-03 Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House

When his fellow lodger comes to borrow a book, a young medical student finds himself caught up in powerful necromantic rituals. Abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Read by Hugh Ross

2006-08-04 The Glamour of the Snow

A tourist at a mountain ski resort becomes captivated by a mysterious young woman. He skates and skis with her but never sees her face. Abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Read by Hugh Ross

2013-10-14 Keeping His Promise

Marriott is cramming for an exam when he is disturbed by a late-night visitor, and an unexpected reminder of the past. It is an old school friend, but why is he so tired and so hungry? Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Matthew Marsh for Book at Bedtime

2013-10-15 The Land of Green Ginger

Elderly novelist Mr Adam has been asked to describe what made him start to write. He recalls an inexplicably bizarre and murderous encounter in an old furniture shop. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Matthew Marsh for Book at Bedtime

2013-10-16 The Transfer

Uncle Frank is coming to visit his young nephew Jamie. But Jamie is a sensitive soul, and his governess has watched a strange obsession growing in him, and an unexplained terror at the forthcoming visit. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Matthew Marsh for Book at Bedtime

2013-10-17 The Man Who Lived Backwards

Musing in his chair one evening, Professor Zeitt stumbles on a way of looking at the events of his life from outside time, and reviews a crucial decision he made as a young man which has left him unhappy in love - unhappy in life. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Matthew Marsh for Book at Bedtime

2013-10-18 The Kit Bag

Johnson has attended a shocking court-case and, as he packs for his holiday, the memories of the details of a brutal murder comes back to haunt him. But so does something else. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Matthew Marsh for Book at Bedtime

Stories abridged by Fiona McAlpine & Robin Brooks

Producer: Clive Brill

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